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2004 Katharina Dalton, doctor/writer, coined the phrase pre-menstrual syndrome, PMS, dies at 88

2003 Robert Atkins, diet doctor, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, dies at 72

2003 Carlo Urbani, WHO doctor, ", president of the Italian branch of ""Doctors without Borders,"" died of SARS after helping to identify it, "

2000 Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77

1998 Dr. Mary Calderone, doctor/writer, Talking With Your Child About Sex, dies at 94

1997 Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67

1996 Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45

1995 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77

1995 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79

1995 World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai

1995 Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist, dies at 86

1995 Robert Bolt, British playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70

1994 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92

1994 Katherine Elliots, doctor, dies at 75

1994 Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests)

1994 Boris B Yegorov, Russian doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56

1994 John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill

1994 Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43

1994 Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40

1993 Philip P Cohen, Doctor (Nobel), dies at 85

1993 Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52

1993 George Tiller, abortion doctor, shot in his arms by Rachelle Shannon

1993 David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47

1993 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85

1992 Lee Salk, baby doctor/author, dies of cardiac arrest at 65

1992 Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70

1991 John Lawrence, doctor, dies

1990 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million

1989 "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV

1983 "Theme From Doctor Detroit" by Devo peaks at #59

1981 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower

1980 Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris

1979 Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns

1976 Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65

1973 Neil Simon's "Good Doctor," premieres in New York City

1972 John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79

1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office

1969 Jack Kerouac, U.S. writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47

1968 Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70

1965 Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72

1965 Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68

1963 "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England

1963 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"

1962 Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ

1962 Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker, Dr. and Medics-Laughing at Pieces

1962 H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water)

1961 "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV

1961 Doctor Robert, [Bruce R Howard], rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways

1960 Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ

1959 Sean Young, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Dune, Young Doctor in Love

1959 Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ

1958 Dr. F. Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram

1958 "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US

1958 Matt Frewer, Washington D.C., actor, Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor

1957 Tom Bailey, born in England, rocker, Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor

1957 Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor

1956 Joseph Erlanger, U.S. doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies

1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor

1954 Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina, Russia, doctor/cosmonaut

1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus

1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)

1952 Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor

1949 Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65

1944 Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder

1941 Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go

1937 Boris Borisovich Yegorov, U.S.S.R., doctor/cosmonaut, Voskhod I

1937 Zohra Lampert, New York City, actress, Doctor's Hospital

1936 Lee Salk, doctor, CBS TV

1936 Virginia Maskell, actress, Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs

1935 Jules Croiset, Dutch actor, Help, Doctor Verzuipt!

1934 Diana Sands, New York City, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife

1931 Janice Rule, born in Norwood, Ohio, actress, Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife

1931 Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies

1931 Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer, Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife

1929 Aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75

1927 Rachel Roberts, born in Llanelly, Wales, actress, Foul Play, Doctor's Wife

1925 Virginia E Johnson, doctor/sexologist, Masters and Johnson

1924 Hattie Jacques, Kent England, actress, Carry on Doctor

1923 Donald Sinden, England, actor, Doctor at Large, Mogambo, Simba

1923 Sembene Ousmane, Senegalese author/novelist/director, Doctor Noir

1922 Rex Allen, Wilcox, Arizona, cowboy singer, Dr. Baxter-Frontier Doctor

1922 Stanley K Runcorn, British geophysicist, Doctor of Utrecht

1921 Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist, Catholics, Doctor's Wife

1921 Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician, Limburg's family doctor

1920 Patrick Troughton, actor, Doctor Who

1920 Colin Franklin, doctor

1920 Henry Heimlich, doctor/inventor, Heimlich maneuver

1919 Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French ship's doctor/writer, dies

1918 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor

1918 T Berry Brazelton, doctor, On Being a Father

1916 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer

1914 Kenneth More, born in England, actor, 39 Steps, Doctor in the House

1912 Ernest Clark, born in London, England, actor, Doctor in the House

1912 Derek Farr, London, actor, 8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large

1911 Warner Anderson, born in Brooklyn, actor, Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place

1910 Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed

1910 Elizabeth Blackwell, Hastings, 1st woman doctor of medicine

1908 Reginald Beckwith, York England, actor, Genevieve, Doctor in Love

1908 Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist

1907 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor

1907 Ralph Michael, born in London, England, actor, Quest, Doctor in the House

1906 George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London

1903 Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across U.S. in 86 days in 1960

1902 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor

1898 John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet, El Dorado

1898 Marie J Hugenholtz, [Doctor Grandi], surgeon on Curacao

1890 Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain and China

1884 Davidson Black, born in Canada, doctor of anatomy, identified Peking Man

1883 Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist, ear doctor

1875 Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist, Nobel 1954

1874 Joseph Erlanger, doctor, shock therapy-Nobel 1944

1862 Justinus A C Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75

1856 Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning

1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist

1835 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten

1833 Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth

1832 Mary Edwards Walker, U.S., doctor/women's rights leader

1832 Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor

1799 Prosper Meniere, French ear doctor, Meniere Syndrome

1786 Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer

1724 Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54

1667 Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion

1656 1st Jewish doctor in U.S., Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland

1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies



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